17.12.2019 (780 Clicks)
Australia expects big Benefits from new Positioning System
Geoscience Australia has been trialling its Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) for the last 18 months. EY has published a report claiming that the tech could be worth A$6bn to the Australian economy if deployed across Australia and New Zealand, promising benefits for the resource sector.
>> Read More >>
17.12.2019 (805 Clicks)
Bechtel Enka to build Serbia’s first 5G-ready digital Motorway and Key Flood Defense System
Morava motorway will create 10,000 jobs and enhance long-term economic growth in central Serbia
>> Read More >>
17.12.2019 (817 Clicks)
Australia invests A$27m in Mining Education and Research
The Australian government has announced A$12.5m in funding, from government reserves and industry organisations, to support a training centre at the University of Adelaide to educate miners and engineers in emerging technologies.
Â
GlobalData mining writer JP Casey speaks to Peter Dowd, professor of mining engineering at the university's School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering about the funding, and how artificial intelligence and automation could impact the sector.
Casey says: "With artificial intelligence and automation technologies ever more in the press as the future of industry, it is perhaps easy to assume that adoption is a mere step away. However, while such technologies may offer numerous advantages to mining, those in the industry are not necessarily aware of these advantages or how to incorporate them into their systems and processes. The University of Adelaide's new mining research is setting out to change that, ensuring that the sector is properly prepared for emerging technologies and how they could change the future of mining."
Peter Dowd tells GlobalData: "The training centre will deliver the enabling tools – advanced sensors, data analytics and artificial intelligence – for automated, integrated and optimised mining. Automating a mine requires all stages of the mining and processing system to be integrated so that intelligence across the value chain can be automatically generated, delivered and exploited.
"The mining industry must be able to make real-time decisions if it is to apply the correct and most cost-effective parameters, or processes, at any point in the value chain and avoid the use of costly processes when they are not needed. Ubiquitous sensors, data analytics and artificial intelligence will bring step-change increases in productivity, based on network connectivity and high-speed computation in the Industrial Internet of Things.
"The unique opportunity that Australia has is to master the Industrial Internet of Things in an industry – mining – in which it has the competitive advantages of the value and complexity of its mineral resources and of the high-level capability embedded in its mining equipment, technology and services and in its resource companies.
"The training centre will operate over the period 2020–2023. We expect significant benefits to be realised throughout the period and thereafter as the research delivers against each of the objectives and the translation partners develop the outcomes into industry-ready products and, in appropriate cases, commercialise outcomes. The use of embedded and connected sensors together with real-time analysis of sensed data can [also] be applied to safety, environmental monitoring and control and many other areas in mining operations. "There is another complementary project, Unlocking Complex Resources through Lean Processing, which started last year. This is a research consortium funded by the State of South Australia through the Premier's Research and Industry Fund (PRIF) Research Consortia Programme for the period 2018–2021. The total project award is A$4m from PRIF, A$6.14m from industry, [and] A$4.46m from university partners."
Source: GlobalData
Globaldata, australia, mining, education, research, investment, automation, digitisation, Peter Dowd, productivity, university, emergency







16.12.2019 (1074 Clicks)
Hochtief Joint Venture to deliver London Power Tunnels Project
A Hochtief joint venture has been awarded with a GBP 400 million contract to deliver the second phase of the London Power Tunnels (LPT2) project. Â
>> Read More >>
13.12.2019 (1141 Clicks)
Cronimet Holding GmbH appointed new CEO Europe
- Mr. Marijo Zeljko is responsible for the overall management of all European locations
- In addition, he will remain Managing Director of Cronimet Ferroleg. GmbH
>> Read More >>
13.12.2019 (772 Clicks)
Fugro wins nearshore Site Characterisation Contract for Copenhagen Megaproject
Danish consulting firm Cowi has awarded Fugro a nearshore geotechnical site investigation for CPH City & Port Development’s Lynetteholmen megaproject in Copenhagen.
>> Read More >>
13.12.2019 (961 Clicks)
Boliden appointed General Managers
Peter Bergman has been appointed as General Manager for The Boliden Area. For the last two years, Peter has been General Manager in Kevitsa and before that he worked as Mine Manager in Kankberg, Maurliden and acting General Manager at Aitik.
>> Read More >>
13.12.2019 (13 Clicks)
Beumer Group zählt zu umsatzstärksten Familienunternehmen in Deutschland: Motor der deutschen Wirtschaft
Familienunternehmen sind Motor und Stablilitätsanker der deutschen Wirtschaft in einem. Doch wer zählt in Deutschland zu den größten unter ihnen? Das multimediale Wirtschaftsmedium Die Deutsche Wirtschaft (DDW) hat dies zum Jahresabschluss ermittelt und ein Ranking veröffentlicht. Die Beumer Group gehört zu den Firmen, die ihre Position im Vergleich zum Vorjahr sogar noch verbessern konnten – um 84 Plätze. Der Systemanbieter gehört damit zu den Ranggewinnern.
>> Read More >>
12.12.2019 (974 Clicks)
Glencore to join The Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network
Glencore PLC (Glencore), one of the world’s largest industrial cobalt producers, announces that it is to join the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN). RSBN is an industry collaboration utilising blockchain technology to support responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market. With members spanning downstream auto brands, refiners and miners, the network’s blockchain has moved beyond proof of concept and is on track to become commercially operational by spring 2020.
>> Read More >>
11.12.2019 (743 Clicks)
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall welcome higher Ambitions to reach Climate Targets
HYBRIT's owners SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall welcome the higher ambitions to reach climate targets discussed at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid. The companies cite the need for powerful measures to secure industrial transition. The HYBRIT initiative for fossil-free steel production shows that zero net emissions is possible.
>> Read More >>
23.12.2022
Sustainability in Construction – Closing the Loop for Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics have been used in various geotechnical applications for several decades now. Solutions with geosynthetics contribute to the conservation of granular materials and to a reduction.
...23.12.2022
The Emscher Restoration Project: a real Success Story for Germany’s most populous State
For nearly a hundred years the Emscher served as an open wastewater channel that helped to kick-start the development of the Ruhr basin as a centre of industry in North Rhine-Westphalia. The river h...
#Tunnelling #Supply tunnels #special civil engineering #hydraulic engineering
20.10.2022
How a Generation Change can succeed
The BEUMER Group has had a new CEO since June 1, 2022. The previous and the new CEO explain how a generation change like this can succeed....
#BEUMER Group GmbH #Mining #Tunnelling #underground mining #surface mining, quarrying #Conveyor technology
06.02.2023 -
Indaba 2023
07.02.2023 - 09.02.2023
UCT 2023 - 28th Annual Underground Construction Technology
20.02.2023 - 23.02.2023
GEOAFRICA 2023
26.02.2023 - 01.03.2023
MINEXCHANGE 2023

World’s longest Railway Tunnel Project – supported by innovative Conveyor Digitalisation and reliable Engineering
17. October 2022 (601 Clicks)
The consortium BTC Brennero Tunnel Construction and the Hosch Group jointly delivered on a world-class tunnelling project by combining excellent engineering with the innovative remote monitoring system Hoschiris Discover.
#Brennero Tunnel Construction (BTC) #HOSCH-Foerdertechnik Recklinghausen GmbH #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels #Conveyor technology #Digitalisation
>> read more >>
RAG-Technikchronik - Buch 5: Technikentwicklung in der Grubensicherheit - Band I
27. September 2018 (2768 Clicks)
Das Buch 5 der Reihe „Dokumentation der technischen Entwicklung bei der RAG“ stellt die Entwicklungen der vergangenen fünf Jahrzehnte aus dem Bereich Grubensicherheit dar. Der erste Band beschäftigt sich mit den Themen Bewetterung, Klimatisierung, Gasbeherrschung, Wetterüberwachung, Gasausbruchs- und Gebirgsschlagverhütung.
#RAG Aktiengesellschaft #Mining #underground mining #abandoned mining #ventilators #
>> read more >>
12.01.2023 (307 Clicks)
Europe’s largest Deposit of Rare Earth Metals is located in the Kiruna Area
LKAB has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna...
#LKAB #Mining #Energy #underground mining
>> read more >>
07.01.2023 (194 Clicks)
Masan High-Tech Materials integrates global R&D activities under leadership of H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders is bringing together the research and developmen...
#H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH #Mining
>> read more >>
24.01.2023 (191 Clicks)
K + S appointed Dr. Carin-Martina Tröltzsch to the Board of Executive Directors
The Supervisory Board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Dr. Carin-Marti...
#K+S AG #Mining #underground mining
>> read more >>
07.01.2023 (175 Clicks)
Implenia wins large and complex tunnelling project in Norway – E03 Boknafjord tunnel
- Joint Venture of Implenia and Stangeland Maskin selected to plan and ...
#Implenia Construction GmbH #Tunnelling #Traffic tunnels
>> read more >>